Looking to getting a boost gauge installed. What is everyone using and where are you guys mounting it? Afraid it will look too cluttered with my HUD

 

The P3 is the best looking IMO but I have reservations about its readability once installed as it looks like it'd be mostly covered by my hand placement on the steering wheel.

 

I went with a turbo smart and the Cravenspeed gauge pod:

https://myredmini.com/boost-gauge-installed/

 

I was going to get a CravenSpeed Conventional Gauge kit for Gen 3 MINI and it was to come with Boost and Oil pressure gauges. Ended up the Oil pressure would not fit as Mini changed the threads on the oil pressure sender adapter. Hoping CravenSpeed will update the kit but not yet.

 

Yeah that whole thing with MINI changing the threads mid-generation is silly. Took us a while to figure out what was going on why the sender adapter wouldn't fit!
I'm not sure if the adapter can be, well, adapted to the newer threads. I'd like the M10 one as well, so hopefully we can figure something out!

 

Do you really need an exact number?

I got a BurgerTuning box for my F57 and it has an option that will turn the fuel level meter into a boost meter when you put your foot into it. then it goes back to fuel level.

 

It's nice to know what's going on with the car as another member was hitting 25 psi with the JCW Tuning kit and a tuning box. That's way higher than what the boost level should be and not something that would have easily been discovered if you didn't have an actual number to look at. What BM did with the fuel gauge for the JB4 is cool and works within the confines of that particular tuning module but it's not practical for seeing what the boost pressure is similar to the light ring around the infotainment display acting as a tachometer.

 

Plus thats and OBD number so its delayed where an actual boost gauge is real time

 

Duell Ag also seems to have a pretty nice option but I haven't found any shops outside of Japan that sell it.

 

This is my R52 S but I'm thinking of doing the same for my F54 JCW.



I started with the boost gauge on the left, which I like, although I'm told the remote sender that's so nice for installation might not be the most accurate thing in the world. I do love that the first 15 seconds or so after you start your car, it first displays your battery voltage.

Then a friend of mine showed me this Ultragauge, which is on the right of my tachometer. It's small, it has three buttons on the back which aren't hard to get to if you mount it on an arm like I did (I cut down and repurposed a metal phone holder arm, 3D printed an adapter). It plugs into your OBD2 port and you can configure something like 12 panels of "gauges". On my R53 motor/OBD2 it seems like the boost measurement is accurate, plus I can display air/fuel ratio, which is really the one I want to keep an eye on - plus room for other stats even if I only set up one page of gauges.

It's like a Scangauge but less expensive.
I think I'll pick up another, and do a similar mount - I saw a phone holder that mounts off the back of the cluster, just like my R52.